Brown : People and Places I

A dear friend of mine recently gifted me a sketchbook she bought from Indonesia. Now since the two most popular things in Indonesia are the cinnamon cigarettes and batik, it seemed normal for them to wrap the sketchbook in beautiful batik print. The sketchbook has brown recycled paper, which makes it even more interesting to use. The rough grains of the paper make it an apt medium to sketch on with a pencil. Though, I am uploading a few sketches I made with my pen recently. There are more sketches which I will upload eventually.

Hauz Khas: Tombs of Tughlaq Period

Subject Sketch: My Sister

A quick sketch of a woman in the Delhi Metro

A quick sketch of a man in the Delhi Metro

Sketching Workshop with Sebastian Loerscher

A week back, our office (MOD Institute) in collaboration with NextHamburg and Goethe Institut, Bangalore organized a crowd sourcing exhibition NextBangalore Gatishil for the citizens of Bangalore. A part of the exhibition was a week long sketching workshop for the citizens of Bangalore. The workshop was conducted by Sebastian Loerscher, a very able illustrator and an awesome friend. This workshop comes after three years of his book "Making Friends in Bangalore", which he produced the first time he was in Bangalore.

Without talking about it further, here are some pictures from the workshop, followed by my sketches done during the workshop. Enjoy!

Thank you Sebastian, for being a lovely friend!

Cheers!

One Minute One Sketch

Following the advice given by one of the more mature sketchers on the Urban Sketchers (*.org) blog, I set out making sketches while not giving each one more than one minute. I also experimented on people which I hardly draw. The exercise was enriching and felt really free. Plan to keep repeating this. Plus I ended up with so many sketches!!

Regards.

Gokarna

Me and some 12 other friends went to Gokarna, a temple town in Karnataka last month. I really didn't get any time to sketch there, but for this one. Cheers!

2014.02

Capela du Monde, Old Goa.
This chapel sits on top of a hill in Old Goa and has one of the most beautiful views of Goa. In front one can see the rest of the monuments of Old Goa, and then as the eye drifts, one can see Ribandar, Panjim and Betim. Post sun sets (which is also a spectacle) one can even see the Aguada lighthouse. Then on the right hand side sit the islands of Chorao and Divar. This chapel, is in short, a blissful place. I sketched these last December I think. Enjoy!

Old Goa 2

My bike has had issues, that's why I couldn't travel, which is why I couldn't sketch. Although, I've been back at it. I went to St. Augustine's Tower yesterday, which I sketched. Here it is. Charcoal + Pen. Enjoy.

That Girl..

We were travelling back to Delhi from Kolkata. Back from our site visit which was extremely informative and brilliant and fun... The train was dead slow.. We had all the time in the world.. So I sketched and read a book and did nothing and slept.

This is what I sketched:

Sketched | Toofan Mail | 2nd July | 5:07 PM.

Medium: Ink Pen | Blue | Red | Black

Last December...

Last december.. I was working for this newsletter for a landscape based magazine. Although, my newsletter design didnt work out, I liked going all the way to Janakpuri from Gurgaon. I love travelling in winters. I did a sketch of this guy travelling with me in the metro. He was carrying some sort of medical reports. Rough sketch. I should totally sketch more.

I hope I sketch more this year round, which is not really happening.

_Anandit

Ye Afzal hai...

Lets all congratulate Afzal.. He just became an uncle a few days back..!

Made the sketch a while back in a boring management class. I have far neglected this blog. I'm back on it.

Peace!

_Andy

6E 131

This post should have been made with the last one, but i couldn't publish it on time. This is one of the massive column members, which supports 4 big steel sections, which are in turn supporting the steel truss roof of the terminal. Granite cladding. The round cut outs in the support are meant for HVAC.

IGI airport again. Domestic. Flight 6e 131. Delhi Banglore. Sketched while waiting. Got unwanted attention. :)

Metro

This would be my first metro sketch. I love travelling in the metro. Quick and effective means of transportation. This was on my way to college. My college is 45 kms away from my home. Its a 3 hour stretch without metro, with metro, its half the time. Its time i get my scanner repaired. :|

TC!

Peace!

Double Dome..

Yet another sketch involving curriculum... Sketched Humayun's Tomb an year back during the arts and graphics class.. Was fun, though it never got checked...

The sketch seemed more interesting a few days back when our 'history of architecture' teacher explained that this tomb had a double dome built, to avoid the tunnel effect of the dome inside... Each dome with respect to the proportion involved... Thumbsup.. Not a brilliant sketch though.

More to follow...

Tc!

Peace!

Uth Cafe

Sorry for the late post, didn't have the camera. I haven't been sketching a lot. Lost touch with pencil sketching. Though i did this work in pen a few days back when i planned on bunking my Design lecture. A few friends accompanied me to this cafe called 'The Uth Cafe' in the university. They ate. I sketched. At times its lovely to not do anything, but what you desire, isn't it? Heres the sketch. There are a few mistakes in this one. I guess i'll get better.

TC!

Peace!

_Andy